Hannah Adams (1755 - 1831)

Born 2 Oct 1755 in Medfield, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 15 Dec 1831 at age 76 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Historian and the first professional woman writer in the United States, publishing A Summary History of New England in 1799.

Hannah Adams was born October 2, 1755 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Thomas Adams and Elizabeth Clark.

Hannah died December 15, 1831 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. She was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sources

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Extracts From The Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1916) Page 418
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JP-NHC : 13 July 2016), Hannah Adams, 02 Oct 1755; citing Birth, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
• Wikipedia:Hannah_Adams
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8488955/hannah-adams : accessed 18 August 2021), memorial page for Hannah Adams (2 Oct 1755–15 Dec 1831), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8488955, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/women-list/